If I had a Cowon O2, I could just use the TV out for playback. I think it would be a better alternative than having the computer and cables sit on the floor.

The modded DS works using a homemade operating system (OS). The Nintendo DS starts up like it normally would. Then you go into the OS like you would start a game. It utilizes a soft mod, so there is no hacking of the DS involved. You cant break the Nintendo DS. It boots and now you can run the DS like a media center. The two key features are playing backed-up games and the media player. With the media player, you can read e-books, view pictures, and listen to music.

Watch this video for a visual walkthrough.

When I didn’t have my PC, I was using the music player quite a lot. It utilizes the DS speakers like a boom box. When playing music, it will go into standby mode, so that it will use less battery. Pretty slick. I’ll use it in the mornings when I stretch or to listen to my Korean lessons out loud. I use the e-reader for game faqs. I’ll load text files onto the DS and revert to them when I get stuck in a video game. Therefore, if I’m on the train and I get stuck in a game, I can find the answer right away.

But, here’s the icing on the cake. Adding music, games, pictures, and text files to the storage is simple. The memory storage is a microSD card. I bought a 4GB card for cheap. Slide the microSD into the provided USB adapter, and it will function like any thumbdrive.

The thumbdrive will work with any computer, and everything is drag and drop. Simply copy your music from a PC to the memory and whooop there it is. There is no iTunes or Zune software necessary. I know where I store the music on my computer. I don’t need iTunes to build a library for me.There are no restrictions to music files it will play. (Well there are a few, but they’re moot). If you want to copy your music and files to another computer, once again, just drag and drop them off. Simple.

Why can’t my iPod or the iPod Touch work like this? (Well, I know why, but nevertheless…) I dont want to install iTunes or any chunky software. I want it to play any music or video format, so that I dont have to re-encode anything. Any PMP, should be this easy and I think there is: the Cowon O2.

I’ve read a couple reviews, and the Cowon O2 appears to have everything I would want. It will play a plethora of audio and video codecs. It has a big touch screen, built in speakers, upgradeable storage, and drag and drop file transferring. How cool is that? When my iPod nano dies as my primary mp3 player, I know what I’m stepping up to.

I think I’ll be buying my beerkit soon. Apparently, my Daegu friend has already tried one of the Korean kits. He made me a list of the things I’d need to puchase with the kit, and he told me about his tribulations.

Also, I’m wondering “What happened to this guy?” When I first met him in Korea, he was planning his Tran-Siberian trip. He loved exploring. He was blogging. But since he returned to Korea, he seems so institutionalized (if that’s the right word). He has no real desire to try anything new or break out of his daily routine. He doesn’t blog anymore. He wants to change jobs, but he doesn’t want to leave the neighborhood. He has a girlfriend, and I know she’s a factor. (The way he acted around her made me gag.) For some reason, the flame is burning out on him.

I may have found an iTunes work around. (You remember my previous gripe about the mp3 players.) The solution may be YamiPod. It’s a small application that will run off the iPod and allow you to have functional access to your iPod library. I’ll test it out tonight.

I finished playing Sonic Chronicles on the Nintendo DS. Man, that was brutal. I finished playing the game for the sake of finishing it, but it wasn’t that fun. The gameplay, the battles, and story were all weak. Time to try something new.

I can’t wait for the new Wordpress 2.7 update. This is the blog software I use. The new dashboard looks cleaner, more efficient, and functional than its current state.

Today, I’m going to hit E-Mart or Lotte for some pepero. I’ve heard stories of Korean teachers seizing pepero in the classroom. But I’ll hand some out to the cool kids.

Lastly, I was watching a TV program, and they were baking a large cookie. Or I thought they were baking a large cookie. They were putting cookie dough in a pan, but actually they were putting cookie dough on top of a cake. It was cookie dough for icing! Why didn’t I think of that? Cookie dough icing, YUM!

Story time.

I’m using a laptop, which the previous English teachers at my school have used. Upon receival, I began sifting through the files. What I first learned is that one of the teachers had been a Zune user. I looked through the music folder and was bewildered to find over 20 Gigs of music! Wow.

The teacher was an older man, so he had a lot of, what I would call classic or old bands. Some of it was good; Some of it was not. However, when I tried to play the music… It wouldn’t play. WTF. It wasn’t playing in VLC player, which is a swiss army knife of music players. What gives?

It turns out that this teacher was on the straight and narrow path. The majority of his collection was ALL legally purchased music from the Zune store. Now, there is no shame in that. It’s an honorable route. But, it’s not my route. Living in Korea away from your comfort music can be rough. Some of these older bands would be hard to find on any pirate websites. So, purchasing these albums would be the ideal choice.

However, these files are laced with DRM. Efff that, I say. This is why I couldn’t play the music with VLC player. The DRM wouldn’t allow me. “OK”, I thought, I’ll open the Zune software and listen to his music collection. Nope! I can’t do that either. To listen to the music, you have to log in with your Zune password. “Gaaahhh, foiled again!”

There were 20 Gigs of music here and none of it was playable.

… I know, right? In the end, there was nothing I could do.

/Uninstall Zune software. Goodbye. /Select all music folders and delete. Goodbye music. You are of no use to me. What a shame.

Now, let’s look at you iPod. I’ve been using you for the last 2 years and you are not without fault either. I’ve never bought music from the iTunes store. So, I wont comment on that. I still buy most of my CDs. However, all iTunes songs, also, come laced with DRM. Can I use iTunes songs with a Zune? No. Can I use iTunes songs with a Creative Zen? No. I have to use and iPod. Where’s the freedom in that?

And, dont even get me started on the quality of the song downloads. An mp3 is not a lossless file.

Secondly, I have to use that gorram program iTunes. I hate it. All I want to do is transfer MY music from MY computer to MY iPod. But, the software is so bloated. It does all of this shit that I dont want it to. I dont want you to download new updates. I dont want you to try and sync with the internet or take me to the iTunes store.

I dont even have iTunes installed on this laptop. I dont want to install it. Therefore, I can’t add new music to my iPod if I wanted to. I cant take music off either. If you go into the iPod filesystem, all the songs are garbles and unreadable if you try to take them off the iPod.

Before I came to Korea I thought about buying a new Nano. I thought about buying an iPod Touch, too, for the video capabilities. I’m glad I didn’t. There are restrictions and limitations of the video you can put on it. I dont want to spend hours converting video to the appropriate format of Apple’s choice.

The current standard is too restrictive and limited. I dont like it. There has to be a better PMP out there. And I think there is. When my nano dies, I wont go back for another one. I dont care about the ‘cool’ or ‘wow’ factor. I’m going to blast it up a notch.

When my iPod dies, I dont think I’ll go back to another iPod. I might go with something like the Cowon 02 or something more open source. I’ll blog about why later. It has to do with my modded Nintendo DS.

Here’s my school webpage. Using Firefox, it looks like garbage, because every Korean website was built with IE in mind.

If you don’t know, Korean soju is Japan’s sake. I’ve heard of soju cocktails, and I’ve thought about trying to make some.

I found a blog that revolves around… homebrewing beer in Korea. I need to do some more researching on the topic of homebrewing as I’d like to get my feet wet.

On Friday, I left the school without downloading any videos. I have no internet at my apartment. Therefore, today and all Mondays, I’ll probably be sucking up the internet with my torrents. I need to download my regular shows like Survivor, and check out some old shows I’ve missed.

Listening to The Eagles of Death Metal - Heart On.

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After the tourist center, we headed to Tin Hill brewery. This is the smallest brewery that I’ve toured. It spans only a half block. Entering the building, they have a long bar with all of their beverages for sample purchase. Down the hallway, they have a self-guided tour. Visitors can see the tanks behind closed doors and read about the brewing process. There is, also, a gift shop and food options next door. I sampled 6 of Tin Hill’s beers and ate the German platter, which included a brat, red cabbage, and potato salad.

(Rant: Ok. When people order brats, especially Oktoberfest brats, there should be no special orders. Every brat should have sauerkraut and spicy mustard on it. Period. If you don’t like sauerkraut; Too Bad! No Brat 4 U! If you don’t like spicy mustard; Tough Shit! If someone even thinks about adding ketchup, they should get a kick in the head. If they cant enjoy how a brat was meant to be, than they should GTFO. It pains me when I hear people ordering like this.)

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As we were eating outside, we could hear festivities from a distance. We followed the action. The downtown area of Hermann has many old buildings and the “small town” ambiance. Mom was side tracked by a kettle corn vendor.

Behind a wine shop, there was an open square. Venders were selling caramelized cinnamon almonds, more brats, pulled pork, and wine. They had a man playing and deejaying German music while people danced. There was no beer, here. I heard the beer vendors were only there on Saturdays. Although, most people seemed really into the wines. Every table had a bottle and a lot of happy campers. I suppose more women do prefer wine to beer. The temperature was mild. The sun was out, and it was a great day to be alive.

Later, we headed for brewery number two. It was located deep in the country. Off the route, we had to follow this one lane rocky driveway and cross these busy train tracks, which had no flashing gates, with trees obstructing our view. Look left. Look right. And, pray no train comes by.

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I think this was Bias Winery. They, also, had a DJ, but it was less crowded, as you’d expect. Wine was the main draw, and they offered free samples to the guests. I tried to get Mom to really focus on the taste and flavors of the wine. After every sample I asked her how it tasted. Every time. Her response was “I dunno? It tastes like wine.” We’ll have to work on that! I enjoyed a Dortmunder, and it was phenomenal. It was like malty chocolate rootbeer. I wanted to get another, but I decided to try the German Alt. It was still delicious, but not as amazing. This place offered dollar samplers in,… like sauce dipping cups. I’m glad I got the pint. We walked the wine grounds, and I encouraged Mom to buy a bottle of wine. She settled upon the Sweet Ambrosia.

Coming into these festivities, I had very low expectations about this Oktoberfest. However, I was pleasantly amused. There were no buxom women dressed in dirndls or men wearing lederhosen. There were no sponsorships, drunken chants, or chicken hats. I would have liked a better variety of food, but I’ll leave that to the German restaurants. Maybe we came on the right day, but it was just families and people having a good time.

By popular demand, here are the brewing photos. I would have taken more photos after lunch, but my batteries died and there was Dr Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog to be watched.

Follow the Hobbit Trail and you’ll find Hobbit Beach. A place where the air is cool, the sand is wet, and the water is chilly willy.

I’d been waiting and waiting to hear back from one recruiter about a position in Cheonan. It was a for a new program based at one of the universities. Even though it was at a university, I still would have been teaching elementary students. It would have functioned as a hagwon with after school classes. Classes would have been conducted from 4:30-10:30PM. However, the pay would have been substantial enough to overlook the negatives.

When I didn’t hear back from them on Mon or Tues of last week. I started sending out resumes again. I’ve been focusing on the Gyeonggi-do region, which is the area surrounding Seoul. It’s a big region with urban and rural areas.

Ideally, I was looking for a public school in Seoul. Seoul is, obviously, the capitol of Korea. It’s one of the most populated cities in Asia. It is culturally diverse and a hub for the rest of Asia.

I’ve heard positive and negative sides of public schools. The classes have 25-35 students, but there is a Korean teacher present, so students are on their better behavior. Teaching hours are significantly less than a hagwon, but you still have to be present during school hours, 8:30-4:30. There are more vacation hours. I think I’ll enjoy the focus of education and not business. A public school wont have to worry about kissing up to the parents and keeping up cash flow. I think a public school teacher is, also, a step up in the teaching field, and it should improve my resume.

I sent out applications to 3 recruiters. One found me a hagwon in Seoul. But the school was no different than my last teaching job. That’s not change. That’s more of the same. Recruiter 2 found a rural teaching job at a public high school. Interesting. Recruiter 3 got back to me a week later, and offered me a position with a public elementary school in Suwon. (Note: I learned that all public schools in Seoul are already full. I’d have to apply, now, for a position in the Spring semester. If I wait that long, I might as well try for Japan again) So, I spoke with recruiter deux.

They offered me a teaching position with a public high school in Anseong. Anseong is on the outskirts of Gyeonggi-do and very much rural. It’s so much, that I’m offered the rural teaching bonus of more pay and vacation with the Educational board. Wikipedia states the population as 150,000. Daegu had 2.7 Mil. What intrigues me about this position is the fact that it’s at a high school. Many recruiters are quick to throw an elementary or middle school at you. You almost have to climb the ladder up to a high school. I think this would better my chances to get into more high schools in the future.The school claims to be a technical high school with a focus on engineering and sciences.

I have no idea what the high school curriculum will be like. Hopefully, I wont have to go through picture vocabulary and adjectives everyday. I haven’t seen a public school text book. At my old hagwon, there was a focus on TOEFL tests with the older students. These are the exams for a better entrance into universities. High school students are bombarded with schooling, because it’s important for them to get into a good university and make their parents proud.

Will I enjoy the rural setting of Anseong and the possible loneliness of few people to converse with? Will the school administration be a bunch of chewyheads? Will anyone working at the school be able to understand English? …Maybe. But, I could think of worse situations. I don’t want to go back to Daegu. I’d rather see another side of Korea; Start a new adventure. And anyways, Seoul is about an hour away by bus.

So, I’ve FedExed my paperwork to begin the process of obtaining a working visa. My contract has me penciled in to start work on Oct 13. I, honestly, don’t think I’ll be able to complete the visa process by then, but I can still enter Korea without having it. I just have to take some additional steps to get it. Or if I’m late by a couple days, what are they gonna do? Fire me? Otherwise, systems are go. Now, I’m just trying to think of all things I’d need or loose ends that need to be tied.

Well, maybe, I can kill 2 birds with one stone.

I haven’t been playing my DS much either. I have a modchip device for my DS, which I bought in Korea. It worked for a time, but eventually “backup” games began to freeze during mid-game. It was annoying, because I got to the end of FF3, like the very end, and it would continuously glitch at one spot. It happened with Zelda, too. I’m not certain what is causing the freeze. I dont think it’s the games, and I blame the outdated modchip. So, I’m buying a new different card.

The new one uses SD memory to backup and store games. To put games on the SD card, you can hook it to the PC with a small USB reader, which comes with the modchip card. You see where I’m going here.

Maybe, I can get the DS to run backups again, without freezing, AND add the CHDK to my pointandshoot. Supposedly I can add some media functions to the DS, as well. I can’t wait!

As the title suggests, the cereal is “just bunches,” but it’s the packaging which impresses me. One dimensionally, the packaging is more honest about the amount of cereal which consumers get in return. Open the box, and the cereal is filled to the top. Consumers don’t get screwed by thinking that they’re buying a big box of cereal. When in reality, half the a bag is filled with air and the weight is below normal. Producers never lie about the contents, but they can be misleading.

I think more producers should be in favor of this new design and model. (…eventhough food costs rise over time and they will ultimately add less and less quantity to the “standard” box)

Saturday, Mom got the crazy idea to go to Grovefest. Grovefest was a block party on the outskirts of Forest Park. I’d never heard of it, but she saw a flyer in the River Front Times. She pulled my nose out of the books, strapped me shotgun, and we were on our way.

We got to the Grove and ducked into the Atomic Cowboy for a bite to eat. Atomic Cowboy was a Mexican joint serving tacos, burritos, quesadillas, and the finest of beers. We each got a pint of Schlafly Oktoberfest and enjoyed an entree of quesadillas.

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With our bellies full, we sat outside to enjoy the air and music. However, a deathly stench rolled over Grovefest. The sky got cloudy, and we noticed that some of the attendees weren’t walking upright. ZOMG! ZOMBIES! That’s right. The living dead aren’t fond of block parties, and they were about to turn Grovefest into Resident Evil. Luckily, the Zombie Hunters arrived and made the dead deader-er. Whew! But in the panic, Mom was bitten by a zombie. I joined the Zombie Hunters, and we were able to save her before the zombie taint spread any further.

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Then, it was off to the Schlafly Bottling plant. We were able to jump into the 5PM tour and hear about the operations at Schlafly. At the time, they weren’t bottling, but we were still confined beyond the glass windows. We could only walk the halls and look at the plant with interest. The last stop on the tour was the tasting room. I sampled the No 16, Oatmeal Stout, and Rez Hefeweizen. I didn’t think any of them were outstanding, but they weren’t awful. I’ve just had better. At which point, Mom was pretty tanked and craving some frozen custard. Off to Ted Drewes!

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In the spirit of Fall, Teddies had introduced Fall flavors. For some reason, I cant pass up anything pumpkin pie flavored. I’m not crazy for it. But when I see pumpkin flavored shit, I’ve got to try it. So, I got a Pumpkin flavored sundae. It was magnificent. Meanwhile, Mom got an Oreo concrete!?!??…yeah…I don’t get it either. This is Ted Drewes! Not Dairy Queen.

…whatev.

U.S. stock futures pointed Friday to a second straight rally after, on the heels of a planned move to buy up bad assets from financials, the Securities and Exchange Commission imposed a temporary ban on short sales of 799 financial institutions.

“The emergency order temporarily banning short selling of financial stocks will restore equilibrium to markets. This action, which would not be necessary in a well-functioning market, is temporary in nature and part of the comprehensive set of steps being taken by the Federal Reserve, the Treasury, and the Congress.”

Let me try to put this in perspective. With short selling, I can make a bet that a stock will go down. If the stock goes down, I can make money. This is different than normal selling, because I would first have to own a stock. To short sell, I don’t have to own the stock. By temporarily banning short sales, you’re taking away people’s ability to make bets, or profit, in the event that a stock or market goes down. This is why you’re seeing the market rocket up yesterday and today.

If that’s not manipulation and interference, I don’t know what is.

UPDATE: Here’s a good Q&A I found in regards to short sellers.

Q: Do you think that short-sellers are to blame for the mess we are in?

A: No, I do not. While I think there were some hedge funds pressing their shorts and working in coordinated attack patterns to destroy some financials (very much like they do when bulls are running on the long side which, by the way, no one ever questions), the banks and brokers are ultimately to blame for becoming easy targets. If you run a solid business, make big profits, and enrich your shareholders, short-sellers have absolutely no power to take you down. That’s the way it is suppose to work in a fair market even though it clearly seems that the government thinks we are all entitled for stocks to go up no matter what.

These check outs were completely impromptu. I like skimming the new books section, and seeing what I can find. Another way I find books is by recommendation (… sort of. More like approval). There are so many books on the shelves. It’s difficult to look at the titles and know if its any good. Instead, I like to look at the books on the carts. These are the books that were just returned. I peruse these, because someone else must have thought the book was interesting enough to check out.

Also, there’s a Star Wars game called The Force Unleashed, that was just released. I’ll probably never buy a 360, PS3, or Wii. So, I probably wont ever play the game. However, I hear that the story is possibly better than the prequels. Fortunately, there is a novel of the story being released. I’ve never read a Star Wars book, and I’ve always meant to. Maybe I’ll plant myself at a Borders for the day and take in the book.

I’m glad that a number of new TV shows are starting. I’ll just list them. Survivor, The Amazing Race, Tapout, The Ultimate Fighter, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Entourage, and Bizarre Foods w/ Andrew Zimmerman. I’m sure I’ve missed a few.

Volcano Tacos rock!

I read a pretty hilarious review about the new Metallica album. In summary, the author said he would “dub the album to a cassette tape, buy an old Firebird, get drunk, and blast the album scaring Grandma and Grandpa.” After reading that, I thought that I should give the album a chance. In fairness, the album is pretty decent.

Lastly, I “interviewed” with a prospective Korean employer, yesterday. I emphasize interview, because it really wasn’t an interview. Since, last week, I’ve been waiting for this phone call. I was told they’d call sometime between 7-10PM MTWR this week. Shit. That time frame is more elusive than waiting for the cable guy. But, at least they called. My hopes began to fade when they didn’t call Monday or Tuesday, but the recruiter said they were still reviewing resumes. They should call Wednesday or Thursday.

So, the “interview” consisted of 12 minutes of the guy telling me about the position. He didn’t ask me any inquiring questions. He just recited the details of the position, which I’d ALREADY read from the original job posting. Yes, I want the job. Yes, I understand the hours. Yes, I would work overtime. Ok, bye. [/aggravation] Nevertheless, I hope I get this position. I’ve already turned down the public school offer I had. That recruiter needed an immediate reply. He gave me the offer a week ago. And, now, I have to wait until early next week to hear back from this other Giacomo.

Come on already! I hate waiting from week to week for these slightest updates.

Did I leave it in Chicago? I dont think so.
Did the box bounce out of my roommate’s truck when I moved? Possibly, but not likely.
Where the hell is it?!

Today, I walked upstairs and stared hard at my Dell computer boxes. The big one is for the tower. Those two are the monitors. What’s that bottom one? I moved all the boxes. Sure enough, at the bottom of the stack, there it was, my missing media! It’s been sitting at the top of the stairs all this time. I walked by it maybe ten times a day.

Well, that’s uncovered. Now,… if I could only find that tea mug.

I found Blurb, while sifting through Flickr tools. I was unsure about creating a book with them, because I didn’t know how the photo quality would turn out. I had my hang-ups. I wanted to feel and smell the weight of the paper. I wanted to inspect the printing quality. I wanted to see if the colors blazed like a moment in time. I wanted to eat it, firsthand. But, no.

I made 2 of the Standard Landscape books, which are 10×8 inches. They are 40-80 pages. The downloadable Blurb software is cake. I found it completely intuitive, simple, and easy to use. Everything is pre-customized. So, all you really need to do is pick a layout and drag-and-drop your photos. At the time, I thought some of the layouts could have been better, or there could have been more choices. Given a 10×8 page, some of the photo layouts didn’t make sense. The photos would have been too small or awkwardly chopped, IMO. Though, I think Blurb has added more choices with 2 or 3 software updates, since last year.

My impression of the finished books is a 4.5/5.

However, I’d like to redo the books. I want to make one large all encompassing book that spans the entire year in Korea. My books only covered about 5 months time. Blurb can make a book up to 440 pages, and I want to push that. I would also change the book size. I want to use the 13×11 book to showcase the photos better. These photos are more than memories; They’re art! The only problem with that is that I didn’t take high resolution photos. Most times, I used 1600×1200 pixels, and that wont cut it. Push those digital cameras to their highest settings, folks. Lastly, for the cover, I’d use the imagewrap. This wasn’t an available option at the time. I’m no fan of dust jackets. They slide, bend, and tear. I’d prefer a durable hard cover, like a bulky Calculus textbook.

Having this book would make it easier for me to get rid of the thousands of images I have saved. I don’t need to sift through all of them when I can quickly remember the moments with a single photo. I made these books for Mom, but over these months I’ve spent more time with them. To her, they’re probably just photos. To me, they’re memories of something I’ve been through and thought was beautiful.

There’s still no development in finding a job in Korea, yet, but I went ahead and deleted the database and took ‘Drifting thru Daegu’ down. It had a lot of old files and garbage in there. I thought it would be best to start fresh and clean. In fact, I decided to delete the mySQL database it was on, too. That was a bad idea. I forgot that I had my photo gallery on that server. Crap. Luckily, I have an online backup of the photos, but it will be arduous to get those photos up and viewable with my slow internet connection. Oh well, I’ll just have to spruce that site, too.

Lastly, Apple came out with 4th generation iPod Nanos, today. After 2 years, my 2nd gen 8GB is still alive and kicking. Although, the battery appears to be wearing down. A full charge doesn’t seem to last as long as it did before. The the 3rd gen Nanos were just fugly, but this new one is bringing sexy back.

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Somewhere along the Oregon Pacific Coastline, there is a hobbit trail. Only a select few know of its whereabouts.

Steadily, I’m warming up to The Black Keys. I heard about them long ago, but recently gave them a second chance. This is another duo with a blues/ rock style. I like the simplicity of the songs, and the fact that they sound recorded with no studio mixing. It’s got that garage band, play from beginning to end, sound.

At Clear’s, I read ‘The Life of Pi’. It was an ok ‘Robinson Crusoe’ tale. I think I’d like to read more Newbery Medal and Honor books. They’re all designated as “children” books, but they’re simple, well written, and cover many topics. They should be easy to pick up and finish. I remember reading ‘Maniac Magee’ and Gary Paulsen books when I was younger.

I’ve been watching Anthony Bourdain’s show on the travel channel, No Reservations. Good stuff

I added a new Korean blog to my RSS radar. It’s called “Feet Man Seoul”. It takes a look at Korean fashion (…notably the ladies!) Daegu wasn’t quite as fashionable as Seoul, but the blog portrays an accurate account of what Korean’s wear. It’s mostly one-pieces, skirts, and high heels. Nice photography, too. There is also a “Fat Man Seoul” blog, worth checking out.

So…I’m not going to Japan. I interviewed with only one company, and they said no. I’ve researched some other companies, and they all appear to be hiring for next year. I really don’t want to wait that long for a teaching job. I’d still like to live and work in Japan sometime. We have unfinished business. But, I suppose now isn’t the time.

Luckily, I’ve already been working my Korea paperwork. I’m sniffing jobs, but I don’t think I’ll be returning to Daegu. I met some great friends there, and I kinda feel as if I’m turning my back on them. But like the US, Korea has it’s own regions, people, and dialects in certain areas. I’d like to see another side of Korea, maybe on the outskirts of Seoul.